Wednesday, 10 November 2021

👋 Halloa halloo holloa holloo! (Yes, those are all real words) Today's puzzle is a tasty serving of Tapas 🤤 , no, sorry, Tapa (oh dear, my hunger is getting the better of me... )

The genre was created by the prolific Serkan Yürekli in 2007, but shot into the global limelight gained recognition among puzzlers when it was introduced at WPC 2009, and nowadays is regarded by some to be the alpha puzzle genre.

Rules: Shade some cells so that all shaded cells form one orthogonally connected area. Clues cannot be shaded, and represent the lengths of the blocks of consecutive shaded cells in the (up to) eight cells surrounding the clue. No 2x2 region may be entirely shaded.

Procure a Speedy Sloth 🦥 by solving the puzzle in 1:30 or less!
Invite a Quick Crab 🦀 to your rave by solving the puzzle in 4:00 or less!
And all solvers who complete the puzzle are deserving of a Shady Sapayoa 🐦

https://puzz.link/p?tapa/10/10/la8h3galg7paeva9ia9gafj3ga9iaavaep7g4ga7h4l